{"id":12967,"date":"2012-05-21T11:37:12","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T15:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=12967"},"modified":"2012-05-21T11:37:12","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T15:37:12","slug":"positive-only-review-services-come-under-scrutiny-in-main-stream-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/21\/positive-only-review-services-come-under-scrutiny-in-main-stream-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive Only Review Services Come Under Scrutiny in Main Stream Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aimmktg.com\">Aim Marketing<\/a> in Denver pointed out an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedenverchannel.com\/news\/31087210\/detail.html\">article<\/a> and an investigative news report that highlights a positive review only service posting positive reviews on behalf of their client&#8217;s customers . Essentially the Denver based service surveyed the clients post sale for a number of Denver businesses and posted 4 star and higher reviews to Google. The story covers the legality of the process very superficially and doesn&#8217;t note at all that the practice violates Google&#8217;s TOC. They did note that the businesses subscribing to the service were not aware that negative reviews were not being posted (I am not sure I believe that). <\/p>\n<p>The story does not cover any new territory but it is interesting in that the problem of <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/30\/review-services-do-positive-only-reviews-have-a-place\/\">positive only review services <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/23\/the-review-economy-what-is-a-positive-review-worth-3-22\/\">fake reviews from online marketplaces<\/a> has risen to the level of visibility that it is being covered by the investigative news world of local television. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce from Aim Marketing in Denver pointed out an article and an investigative news report that highlights a positive review only service posting positive reviews on behalf of their client&#8217;s customers . 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